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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I the only liberal person getting a little sick of Bill Maher?
I know this might ruffle a few feathers, but I'm getting a little sick of Bill Maher.
It's not like there's nothing to criticize about liberals these days; there's plenty.
But every time I watch one of his comedic editorials, he seems to blame so much on liberals. What about the other side?
And a some of the things are just flat out wrong or inaccurate. (No, Bill, China is not kicking the U.S.'s ass in anything).
Am I the only one who feels this way?
dchill
(38,532 posts)Been done a long time ago.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,851 posts)TwilightZone
(25,479 posts)He wants to jack people up for attention and often succeeds.
Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)Happened for me a very long time ago.
ornotna
(10,807 posts)It's like watching reruns of the same shows over and over.
In It to Win It
(8,283 posts)But sometimes I think he has good points about Democrats shooting ourselves in the foot.
But others things... seems like rushed and uninformed opinions.
Sure, Republicans suck but that's not news. I'm in it for the betterment of our Party and our Party maintaining power. I don't need to watch Bill Maher to know that Republicans are assholes and batshit crazy. I know Republicans are batshit crazy but as a Party, we have our deficiencies as well. Sometimes, it's the politicians and sometimes it's the voters. We should recognize our own weaknesses and fix them.
He's apart of the coalition. Yes, our politicians should be criticized where criticism is necessary because I want to win. We should all criticize our politicians when the moment calls for it but at the end of the day, also vote for them. Give them the opportunity to course-correct.
Meadowoak
(5,558 posts)randr
(12,414 posts)unblock
(52,317 posts)And i'd call him a left-libertarian, not a liberal.
He's always been kinda rotten to liberals even when he agreed with us.
Calling his show "politically incorrect" validated the b.s. right-wing co-option of that term. Originally it was an internal term for liberals, suggesting that if you're going to talk about liberal views, you should live a liberal life. E.g., down talk about the environment then go drive a hummer.
It was never meant to mean that driving a hummer was, in and if itself, politically incorrect. The term simply didn't apply to non-liberals, who in any case weren't being hypocrites about hummers and the environment.
But a few right-wingers decided to be personally offended by the term and get their martyr act on, and thanks then to bill Maher, their misuse of the term stuck.
So to this day people think liberals were being mean to conservatives, when they weren't even part of the original discussion.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)I find myself fast forwarding through half of the shows so it is not worth the effort watching it anymore. His put downs of Dems is too irritating.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,499 posts)I think a lot of people here are beyond GOT and are just done with him.
hunter
(38,326 posts)I'll sometimes follow links here to Colbert.
Never Maher.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)his misogyny has always turned me off
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)I don't watch his show (lack of interest) and don't understand the number of people who do and then complain about it.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,554 posts)Maher ceased being funny a long time ago
larwdem
(759 posts)he is an ass-hole
KatK
(185 posts)tavernier
(12,400 posts)His head is too big to fit on my tv screen.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)KarenS
(4,085 posts)He's a Libertarian,,,, He hates women,,,, I don't tolerate him at all.
budkin
(6,714 posts)That's when I stopped watching him.
walkingman
(7,660 posts)being "politically incorrect". I like his show and don't watch it to get political talking points....I do end up yelling at him with his BS but he is entertaining.
I disagree with Biden on some issues but so what - the Democratic Party best represents my political ideology - not being in lockstep doesn't make me any less of a Dem.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)VarryOn
(2,343 posts)And now isnt.
Leno was the last funny guy.
There are a few stand up guys that are still funny, but we don't get to see them as much.
dweller
(23,661 posts)Quit watching him 20+ years ago
was watching one night and sat stunned and appalled by his insensitive schtick ..
this must have been mid-late 90s, on the day a young teen girl in my town committed suicide at school. She had brought a .22 handgun in her backpack to school . She sat behind my daughter in a morning class
around lunchtime, she went into a bathroom stall and killed herself .
I had to leave work to pick up my distraught daughter as school let out early due to this horrific situation .
That night, THAT NIGHT! Maher in his monologue spoke of the shooting as a joke, he said something to the effect of how bad it was getting in school that a middle school student had shot herself in a bathroom stall, and IF THAT WASNT BAD ENOUGH she had wounded a girl in the next stall giving herself an abortion
I sat there stunned for several seconds, turned it off, and have never listened to that jackass asshole ever again
and cannot understand how members here tolerate his bullshit
Fuck him. 🤬
✌🏻
PXR-5
(522 posts)Sympthsical
(9,111 posts)Once a week to discuss how they were done with him years ago.
I dont know whose turn it is to bring snacks, though.
dgauss
(883 posts)As if it's just baked in and we should accept that fact. It's obvious and that's just how it is. Then the blame goes to Democrats for not effectively responding to it. He focuses on the "woke" left and how that turns those Republican voters off, so it's the Democrat's fault.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,830 posts)Wasnt even halfway through and wanted to walk out.
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Bari Weiss is happy I'm sure though.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)His opinions were just as flawed as his jokes.
librechik
(30,676 posts)Totally tone deaf. Bad choice of guests for that episode for sure, I couldn't watch.
Patton French
(777 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)Mr. Sparkle
(2,947 posts)foxnews is like porn for old people, especially men..
Swede
(33,282 posts)Bitching in his multi-million dollar backyard
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milestogo
(16,829 posts)His "new rules" segment is the only thing worth watching. You can always find that on youtube.
Oneironaut
(5,524 posts)PJMcK
(22,048 posts)We stopped watching Real Time a few years ago. Maher has become a caricature. He's also not that funny and since he's a hard-core "libertarian" his rants are not in line with my thinking and beliefs.
Bye, Bill.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)Hubby still wants to check him out; I object. After several minutes, he admits I'm right.